2002
Summary: Catherine records her solo debut LP, Cut Yourself a Switch, in May. Janet Bean and the Concertina Wire play four shows in Chicago over the course of the year, and complete their LP. Freakwater play a handful of gigs - a couple alone and five as part of the Thrill Jockey 10th Anniversary Tour. Janet plays a solo show in Spain during this tour. The Unholy Trio plays what might have been their last gig in August, but resurface, playing under the name of their leader, Morgan Geer, in December. Catherine plays fifteen solo shows supporting Switch, released October 8th, with Dave on bass. A 2003 Freakwater recording is pondered over.
2002.03.18 The Freakwater fan Yahoogroup begins.
2002.06.28 The fansite freakwater.net is launched.
2002.09.06 Laura Cantrell interviews Freakwater for WFMU's "Radio Thrift shop. Here are the lnks to part 1, 2 (with an in-studio performance of "Flat Hand"), 3, 4 (with an in-studio performance of "Lorraine") , 5, 6 (with an in-studio performance of "Flat Hand"), and 7.
Cut Yourself A Switch
Catherine Irwin's first solo LP (Thrill Jockey) BUY IT
1. Needle in a Haystack (Irwin)
2. Cry Our Little Eyes Out (Irwin)
3. Hex (Irwin)
4. Dirty Little Snowman (Irwin)
5. Power of my Love (Giant/Baum/Kaye)
6. Will You Miss Me (A.P. Carter)
7. My Old Unlucky Home Far Away (Irwin)
8. Swan Dive (Irwin)
9. Don't We All Have the Right to be Wrong (Miller)
10. Paint the River Red (Irwin)
11. The Only Hell My Momma Ever Raised (Kemp/Vickery/Borchers)
12. You Belong to Me (King/Price/Stewart)
Catherine Irwin's first solo LP (Thrill Jockey) BUY IT
1. Needle in a Haystack (Irwin)
2. Cry Our Little Eyes Out (Irwin)
3. Hex (Irwin)
4. Dirty Little Snowman (Irwin)
5. Power of my Love (Giant/Baum/Kaye)
6. Will You Miss Me (A.P. Carter)
7. My Old Unlucky Home Far Away (Irwin)
8. Swan Dive (Irwin)
9. Don't We All Have the Right to be Wrong (Miller)
10. Paint the River Red (Irwin)
11. The Only Hell My Momma Ever Raised (Kemp/Vickery/Borchers)
12. You Belong to Me (King/Price/Stewart)
2002.11.14 Catherine interviewed by Neil DeMause
Photography of Catherine Irwin by Jim Newberry.
The Executioner's Last Songs
by the Pine Valley Cosmonauts (Bloodshot)
Janet provides lead vocal on Charlie Pride's "The Snakes Crawl at Night". Benefits the Illinois Death Penalty Moratorium Project.
by the Pine Valley Cosmonauts (Bloodshot)
Janet provides lead vocal on Charlie Pride's "The Snakes Crawl at Night". Benefits the Illinois Death Penalty Moratorium Project.
The Bottle Let Me Down: Songs for Bumpy Wagon Rides
(Bloodshot)
A collection of songs "for children and arrested adolescents everywhere" with Freakwater performing "Little Red Riding Hood", a song made famous by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. Features Jon Spiegel on guitar and the whole band making like wolves and sheep. The only Freakwater track with Janet playing a full drum kit.
(Bloodshot)
A collection of songs "for children and arrested adolescents everywhere" with Freakwater performing "Little Red Riding Hood", a song made famous by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. Features Jon Spiegel on guitar and the whole band making like wolves and sheep. The only Freakwater track with Janet playing a full drum kit.
2002 Jolie Holland covers Freakwater's "Gone to Stay" for a radio station appearance. Sorry, the exact date and location of this recording are lost.
